Mary Mc Ewen
about 1753–
Airth, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
The Life Summary of Mary
Mary Mc Ewen was born about 1753, in Airth, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. She married James Cowan on 11 August 1774. They were the parents of at least 5 sons.
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Family Time Line
James Cowan
1749–
Mary Mc Ewen
1753–
Marriage: 11 August 1774
Charles
1777–
John
1779–
Daniel Cowan
1780–
Duncan
1780–
Edmiston
1789–
Spouse and Children
1749–Male
1753–Female
Marriage
11 August 1774
Children
(5)
1777–Male
1779–Male
1780–Male
1780–Male
1789–Male
World Events (6)
1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
Age 49
1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
Age 49
In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.
1811 · The Tron Riot
Age 58
1811 · The Tron Riot
Age 58
The Tron riot was a riot which occurred in Edinburgh, Scotland on New Year's Eve. A group of young men attacked and robbed wealthier passers-by. One police officer was killed in the riot. Though the total count of participants is unknown, sixty-eight youths were arrested, with five sentenced to death for their actions during the riot.
1815
Age 62
1815
Age 62
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
Chinese:Mandarin form of the surname 米, which means ‘rice’: (i) from one of the ‘Nine Sogdian Surnames’, also known as ‘nine surnames of Zhaowu’, because their ancestors came from Zhaowu, an ancient city in present-day Gansu province in northwestern China. During the Sui and Tang dynasties (581–987 AD ) there were nine Sogdian states in Central Asia, one of which was called Mi (米) in Chinese (located in present-day Uzbekistan). Between 649 and 655 AD , these states submitted to the Emperor Gaozong of Tang (628–683 AD ). Immigrants from the state of Mi to China acquired the surname 米. (ii) for some families, the surname is borne by descendants of Mi Fu (米芾), an artist in the Northern Song dynasty (960–1127 AD ), who claimed he was a descendant from the royal families of the state of Chu in the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BC ) and changed his original surname 芈 to 米, a different Chinese character with the same pronunciation.Mandarin form of the surname 宓 (also pronounced as Fu in Mandarin): (i) said to be borne by descendants of Fu Xi (伏羲), a legendary figure prior to the Xia dynasty (2070–1600 BC ). (ii) said to be traced back to Mi Kang Gong (密康公, also written as 宓康公, Duke Kang of Mi, died 922 BC ), ruler of the state of Mi during the Western Zhou dynasty (1046–771 BC ).
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